Self-Examination: The Present and Future of Librarianship (Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series)


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What makes us librarians? What is it we do that is indispensable? John Budd joins an august group of library-science luminaries, such as Pierce Butler, Jesse Shera, and Michael Gorman, whose works and example invite professional and critical self-examination. Here, Budd challenges us to confront the uneasy truth of whether libraries still represent people's will and intellect, or the cabalistic enclaves of an old guard? Through intellectually rich and engaging entrees into ethics, democracy, social responsibility, governance, and globalization, he makes the case that librarians who fail to grasp the importance of their heritage will never truly respond to societal change or the needs of the individual user.
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College and Research Libraries [v. 69 no. 4 July 2008] called John Budd's monograph " a rousing elbow into the ribs of a profession."I think this is a much needed book for librarians to read.
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